Fall Like A Feather (Teen story of a Millionaire {#Wattys2016}

Facing Reality

" Honey! Dear Wake up! Open your eyes dear!" I heard my mom's voice . I opened my eyes slowly diminishing the darkness in front of my self . I tried to get up .
"Ouch!"
A sudden pain occurred in my back. At least I know one thing, I had a great fall . My head was feeling heavy with a certain burden. A burden of some drastic feelings.

" Dear will you tell us something? You are giving us a fright! " mom said.

I saw mom and my brother sitting beside me . They seemed tensed. Bro was staring at me as if I just came back from death.

" I don't know. I was just cleaning my table and was scared stiff after seeing a big spider. I tried to get back and hurt my leg instead. I don't even remember when I did faint. I can't think back what happened exactly. " I was lying though I knew that hiding anything from mom has never been easy. But these things are too complicated to narrate to anybody. I don't even want to dig into the past or whatever happened today .

" Oh God! We were so daunted to see you like this. We even tried to wake you up but you didn't. I was just going to call an ambulance!" mother was literally tensed.

" What ? An ambulance? I am sorry mother. " I said.

" It's fine . Now let me call a doctor. " she took out her cell phone.

" Why are you in awe ? I am all ok! I am standing all alive in front of you!?" I said and then realized that my words were actually harsh.

" MY Daughter leaves her house at 10 in the morning and comes back at 10 in the night and not to mention, gets fainted all of a sudden , gets up and doesn't remember anything. Now she asks me why the hell am I worried! Do you think it's a joke! I am your mother! Now you tell me what to do! " she yelled.

Well that wasn't the main thing. The main thing was the moment I saw her eyes getting moist. Now that's what makes me tensed.

I hugged her," Mom I am all fine. See I am all ok. I am not even hurt! It's all right."

I wiped the tears from her face with both of my hands. We shared a smile and realized Johnny staring us curious having no idea about what was going on.

" Dear it's your show time. Go hurry up! Do you want to miss it?" I said to him attempting to get some free time so that I can have a nice talk with my mother and give her a relief. I don't want my parents to feel bad to see their daughter getting flimsy day by day.

After he went downstairs I took my mom's hand , " I am fine. Truly!"

" Sit."

"What?" I said .

"I said sit! You are getting dumb ." My mom said.

" Elizabeth , dear look, I am you mother and a mother has the full right to be aware of her daughter's problems, the things she is going through her life. I know things are not right. Just share with me. "

"Why do you teenagers nowadays think that your parents understand nothing. I say, we know you guys better than anybody else. We are raising you. We have gone through most of the stages of life which you haven't even experienced yet and especially the one you are in. " she said. Her voice was still broken.

" You know everything about the situation we are in. We stay here all alone. I am a single mother. You and your brother are my only world. If anything happens to you both , people will first blame your mother. The reason being I was the one who took the decision to leave your father's house and come back here to live all by ourselves. After whatever he had done, I didn't want to take any help from him. People always expect things to be uneasy for a married woman living alone with her kids after a divorce. I left everything for your father. My job, my family everything. I understand it was a mistake and I did suffer for it. If anything wrong happens to you and your brother , people will leave no way to blame me for everything. Well I don't have to do anything with the way folks think, I just don't want both of you to go through anything that I faced during my teens. " she was still crying.